History Main / RaisedByHumans

* ''Webcomic/WildeLife:'' In the first few pages, Barbara Yaga snaps at her dogs that she "raised you better than that." This turns out to be true--she regularly [[HumanityEnsues turns them into human boys]] and treats them like her children.

* Godzilla, Jr. from ''WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries'' [[{{Imprinting}} imprinted]] on Nick Tatapolous as his adopted father. Since then, Godzilla has loyally protected Nick from danger and Nick does all he can to make sure Godzilla is safe and others are safe from him.

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', Angela and her 35 rookery siblings (including [[WordOfGod three beasts,]] though we've only seen one) were raised on Avalon by three humans.

* ''Manga/DragonBall'': Son Goku, birth name Kakarot, is a Saiyan (a race of HumanAlien warriors) who was sent away from his home planet as a baby shortly before it was destroyed, and upon landing on Earth was taken in by Son Gohan, a kindly human martial artist who trained him in martial arts. However, Gohan was eventually killed when Goku transformed into an Ozaru (a giant were-ape form that all Sayians have) when Goku was around 10. Living alone in the wilderness until he was 12, Goku eventually met Bulma when she was looking for Gohans dragonball, and from that point, he was raised and taught about human society at large by her, Master Roshi, Krillin, Yamcha and his other friends he meets during their first adventure.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': Clark Kent, birth name Kal-El, is a Kryptonian (a race of HumanAlien scientists) who was sent away from his home planet as a baby shortly before it was destroyed, and upon landing on Earth was taken in by the Kents, a kindly human couple. If you're feeling déjà vu, it's because Akira Toriyama was inspired by Superman.

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* ''Film/TheCountryBears'' had a young bear cub that was raised by humans. He didn't even know he was a bear until his adopted brother pointed it out.

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* In the film version of ''Film/StuartLittle'', Stuart was an orphaned mouse adopted and raised by humans.
** The original novel, however, has him be an anthropomorphic mouse whose birth parents just happen to be human for some unexplained reason.
** "It's very unusual for an American family to have a mouse," says the doctor, as if it were more common in other nations.

* In TheMuppets, Gary is flesh and blood. Walter is felt. They are biologically brothers, both being born to the same flesh and blood parents.

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* Hagrid attempts this with a baby dragon in the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series. He ends up letting Norbert ([[spoiler:or should I say [[SamusIsAGirl "Norberta"]]?]]) go to live in a dragon preserve in Romania.

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* Giegue/Giygas from Videogame/EarthBound was an alien raised by humans.

* Teddie from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' was originally a [[spoiler: mindless Shadow. After becoming self-aware]] he lived all on his own and isolated, until the Investigation Team, especially Yosuke and Yu, started to pretty much raise him. He's been acting as somewhat of a little brother figure to Yosuke (thus mirroring Nanako and her relationship to Yu) ever since.

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* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' has the Bowman's Wolves, a genetically-modified UpliftedAnimal in early development. The first generation were placed with human families to ensure they had other sapients to learn from. Florence mentions going to the zoo with her human family to see her birth mother (an ordinary red wolf).

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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' features Spike, a "baby" dragon, who was raised by Ponies.
** This also passes into an inversion of RaisedByOrcs. Spike is being raised by either the prey or the enemies of his species.

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* An episode of Creator/AnimalPlanet's ''Series/FatalAttractions'' featured a man who raised a lion cub as if it were his own child. Said cub ended up mauling his actual human daughter. The lion had to be shot and killed by the very man who raised her in order to save his daughter.

*** A similar incident happened with the infamous "Travis The Chimp", who attacked a friend of his owner and was shot by police.
** Suffice to say, this is very common with non-domesticated animals raised by humans, as they have certain adult behavior and instincts that aren't compatible with their human "parent".

* Subverted with Brian from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. While he is treated like part of the family, he's only considered the family pet rather than a surrogate son to Lois and Peter.

** This is nearly always reused no matter what the setting is, even Elseworld stories. In ''SupermanRedSon'', Kal-El's ship crashes in the Ukraine sometime in the 1920s, he is raised in a commune with socialist values and becomes the USSR's greatest champion; ''Superman: Mastermen'' has him raised as an Ubermensch by the Nazi party; ''Speeding Bullets'' has him become the adoptive son of the Wayne family and so on.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'': Both Megamind and Metro Man are aliens who landed on earth as babies and were raised by humans. Metro Mans ship landed near the mansion of a rich couple and was mostly raised by his loving adoptive mother. Megamind however, ended up crashing into a nearby prison (his pod was originally on the way to the mansion but Metro Mans knocked his off course), and was raised by the inmates. They were nice enough parents but unfortunatly taught him THEIR values, turning him into a criminal.

** The original novel, however, has him be an anthropromorphic mouse whose birth parents just happen to be human for some unexplained reason.

* In Creator/JohnCWright's ''Literature/TheHermeticMillennia'', Menelaus is asked why he can't do something with his superhuman intellectual abilities. Menelaus explains that he was raised by humans, and it puts him in a the position of a human raised by wolves.

* In TheMuppets, Walter is flesh and blood. Gary is felt. They are biologically brothers, both being born to the same flesh and blood parents.

See also MuggleFosterParents, where the adopted child is not an animal, but isn't a normal human either. Humans raising members of other {{demihuman}} races, especially races that are usually hostile to humans, is an inversion of RaisedByOrcs. See also OrcRaisedByElves, in which the adopted parents aren't necessarily humans, but the result is the same.

See also MuggleFosterParents, where the adopted child is not an animal, but isn't a normal human either. Humans raising members of other {{demihuman}} races, especially races that are usually hostile to humans, is an inversion of RaisedByOrcs.

* An episode of Creator/AnimalPlanet's ''Series/FatalAttractions'' featured a man who raised a lion cub as if it were his own child. Said cub in question ended up mauling his actual human daughter. The lion in question had to be shot and killed by the very man who raised her in order to save his daughter.

** Suffice to say, this is very common with non-domesticated animals raised by humans, as they have certain adult behavior and instincts that arent compatible with their human "parent".

* Hagrid attempts this with a baby dragon in the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series. He ends up letting Norbert ([[spoiler:Or, should I say [[SamusIsAGirl "Norberta"]]?]]) go to live in a dragon preserve in Romania.
* Douglas Preston's novel, ''Jennie'' is about a chimpanzee who's raised as a human by an American family, and actually believes herself to be a human.

* In the ''Literature/{{Babar}}'' books (and the cartoon based on it), the titular elephant was raised by an old lady simply referred to as [[NoNameGiven Madame]]. When Babar returns to his kind, he builds a city teaches the elephants and other jungle animals how to live a civilized life.

** This is nearly always reused no matter what the setting is, even Elseworld stories. In ''SupermanRedSon'', Kal-El's ship crashes in the Ukraine sometime in the 20's and is raised in a commune with socialist values and becomes the USSR's greatest champion, ''Superman: Mastermen'' has him raised as an Ubermensch by the Nazi party, ''SpeedingBullets'' has him become the adoptive son of the Wayne family and so on.
** Of note is that the earliest version of Superman was only mentioned as having been found by a "passing motorist" and left at an orphanage. The Kents werent introduced until a year later.

Essentially, this is an inversion of RaisedByWolves. Only, instead of animals raising people, people raise animals. This is especially common in FunnyAnimal shows, books, and movies. How well the animal intergrades into human society also varies as well. Sometimes, the animal still acts like an animal, but views the humans that raised it as family and will protect them. Other times, the animal may end up acting like a human and/or even believing they ''are'' human until shown otherwise.

* Both WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}} and Metro Man are aliens who landed on earth as babies and were raised by humans. Metro Mans ship landed near the mansion of a rich couple and was mostly raised by his loving adoptive mother. Megamind however, ended up crashing into a nearby prison (his pod was originally on the way to the mansion but Metro Mans knocked his off course), and was raised by the inmates. They were nice enough parents but unfortunatly taught him THEIR values, turning him into a criminal.

* ''TheCountryBears'' had a young bear cub that was raised by humans. He didn't even know he was a bear until his adopted brother pointed it out.

* In the film version of ''StuartLittle'', Stuart was an orphaned mouse adopted and raised by humans.

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* WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken in which two humans (well, actually, two pairs of human lower bodies to be specific...but, eh, close enough) are the proud parents of a, well, cow and a chicken.
* WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic features Spike, a "baby" dragon, who was raised by Ponies.

* On {{Gargoyles}}, Angela and her 35 rookery siblings (including [[WordOfGod three beasts,]] though we've only seen one) were raised on Avalon by three humans.

* An episode of AnimalPlanet's ''Series/FatalAttractions'' featured a man who raised a lion cub as if it were his own child. Said cub in question ended up mauling his actual human daughter. The lion in question had to be shot and killed by the very man who raised her in order to save his daughter.

* [[DragonBall Son Goku]], birth name Kakarot, is a Saiyan (a race of HumanAlien warriors) who was sent away from his home planet as a baby shortly before it was destroyed, and upon landing on Earth was taken in by Son Gohan, a kindly human martial artist who trained him in martial arts. However, Gohan was eventually killed when Goku transformed into an Ozaru (a giant were-ape form that all Sayians have) when Goku was around 10. Living alone in the wilderness until he was 12, Goku eventually met Bulma when she was looking for Gohans dragonball, and from that point, he was raised and taught about human society at large by her, Master Roshi, Krillin, Yamcha and his other friends he meets during their first adventure.

* [[{{Superman}} Clark Kent]], birth name Kal-El, is a Kryptonian (a race of HumanAlien scientists) who was sent away from his home planet as a baby shortly before it was destroyed, and upon landing on Earth was taken in by the Kents, a kindly human couple. If you're feeling déjà vu, it's because Akira Toriyama was inspired by Superman.

* In JohnCWright's ''Literature/TheHermeticMillennia'', Menelaus is asked why he can't do something with his superhuman intellectual abilities. Menelaus explains that he was raised by humans, and it puts him in a the position of a human raised by wolves.

* Several chimpanzees were raised as humans by scientists, who were trying to teach them human language. ''Film/ProjectNim'' is a documentary about such an experiment. Nim was dressed in human clothes, diapered, and even ''breastfed'' by a woman.

* [[DragonBall Son Goku]], birth name Kakarot, is a Saiyan (a race of HumanAlien warriors) who was sent away from his home planet as a baby shortly before it was destroyed, and upon landing on Earth was taken in by Son Gohan, a kindly human martial artist... until Goku transformed into an oozaru (a gigantic were-monkey, all Saiyans have this ability) and stomped on Gohan while going on a rampage. After that, Goku lived on his own out in the middle of nowhere until meeting Bulma.

* Several chimpanzees were raised as humans by scientists, who were trying to teach them human language. ''ProjectNim'' is a documentary about such an experiment. Nim was dressed in human clothes, diapered, and even ''breastfed'' by a woman.

* Both WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}} and Metro Man are aliens who landed on earth as babies and were raised by humans.

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* [[{{Superman}} Clark Kent]], birth name Kal-El, is a Kryptonian (a race of HumanAlien scientists) who was sent away from his home planet as a baby shortly before it was destroyed, and upon landing on Earth was taken in by the Kents, a kindly human couple. If you're feeling déjà vu, it's because Akira Toriyama was inspired by Superman.

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* Tod from ''Disney/TheFoxAndTheHound'' is raised by an old widow woman after his real mother had been killed by hunters.

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* Caesar from ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes'' is a hyper-intelligent chimpanzee raised by humans.
* In the film version of ''StuartLittle'', Stuart was an orphaned mouse adopted and raised by humans.
** The original novel, however, has him be an anthropromorphic mouse whose birth parents just happen to be human for some unexplained reason.

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* In the ''Literature/EarthsChildren'' series Ayla invents the concept: first she takes in a foal when she kills its mother for food, then she takes in lion cub which gets injured, then a wolf cub when she kills its mother.
* Hagrid attempts this with a baby dragon in the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series. He ends up letting Norbert ([[spoiler:Or, should I say [[SamusIsAGirl "Norberta"]]?]]) go to live in a dragon preserve in Romania.

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* Godzilla, Jr. from ''WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries'' [[{{Imprinting}} imprinted]] on Nick Tatapolous as his adopted father. Since then, Godzilla has loyally protected Nick from danger and Nick does all he can to make sure Godzilla is safe and others are safe from him.
* Subverted in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' where Finn The Human tries to raise a baby Jiggler. His heart's in the right place, but he doesn't know how to take care of the Jiggler and nearly kills it. He ends up bringing the baby back to its mother.
* Subverted with Brian from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. While he is treated like part of the family, he's only considered the family pet rather than a surrogate son to Lois and Peter.
** Played straight in the episode "Brain's Wallows and Peter's Swallows" in which a bird makes a nest in Peter's beard (ItMakesSenseInContext) before being frightened away. The bird had laid eggs in said beard which hatch and Peter ends up taking care of them until they are old enough to take care of themselves and fly away.

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* Many people who have pets do see them as part of the family and view them as their own children. This is especially evident with families with "empty nest syndrome" who often get a pet as a sort of "surrogate child".
* An episode of AnimalPlanet's ''Series/FatalAttractions'' featured a man who raised a lion cub as if it were his own child. Said cub in question ended up mauling his actual human daughter. The lion in question had to be shot and killed by the very man who raised her in order to save his daughter.